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Changed tyres today, my bike has 19 patches on the tubes.
Anyone beat that?
APF
Too many? One for me!
2 I think, surely at 19 it's more patch than tube!
Tubes - how quaint. I seem to remember my dad telling me about them. 🙂
Thought about tubeless, but I like to swap tyres about.
Did it today, took about 5 min 🙂
APF
only throw them when the valves go tbh - think a roadie one is at about 10
I dont get why people bin them when it has a puncture tbh
I remember when when we used to cast our tubes out of pig iron and forge them onto our wooden wheels. Oh, those were the days.
Counted 12 on one tube yesterday, shortly afterwards I passed some poor sod with a tubeless tyre full of blue gunk trying to get it sorted. Poor bugger's probably still there now....
for me its not about how many patches on my tube but how many repairs from 1 patch my mate laughs when I get the scissors out
12, the record so far.
Any more?
Alex
When i rode with tubes regularly a dozen patches was pretty common. Thats only six snakebites. I could manage that in a day with 1.9" conti cross country tyres (remember them?).
The last tube i binned had split along a seam (road bike). Took the other tyre off and that was going the same way.
Tubeless doesnt have these issues. Bloody horrid when they split or hole too much for the sealant and lately every tyre i have had has ripped long before wearing out.
What patches is everyone using?
If I fix a puncture with Park patches, it's only good until the next time it deflates when I'll have to replace it AND fix the new puncture. PITA/
I once had 13 on one tube, but I dunno how many, if any, were on the other one.
I regularly cut patches in half if need be too, I've even made my own patches (with some success) using bits of old tube, giving one side a good scrub, applying a bit of rubber solution & letting it dry then covering the glue with some tin foil, then using the same way as a normal patch.
I'm so tight I should've been a Yorkshireman. 😛
[i]What patches is everyone using?[/i]
Any with a feather edge. (which my home made ones aren't)
I use feather edge ones I get from Rose Bikes.
Do you really make your own EG? Why? Sounds like a PITA to me.
APF
I like weldtite - they are british after all but in reality the kit i have is whatever is in the lbs/halfords when i need a new kit. I carry scabs or similar for in the field and in a hurry use.
Think of all the added weight, in the worst possible place too: unsprung weight which is also rotating weight which is also near the circumference. 😉
[i]Do you really make your own EG? Why? Sounds like a PITA to me.[/i]
Tried a batch once & they did work. Not as good as feather edge jobs. Bit of 'job satisfaction' in making your own though!
Bit of 'job satisfaction' in making your own though!
that was probably just the fumes 😉
Reema Tip Top are my faves at the moment, or Halfords ones also. As long as they're feather edge its fine.
And yes I've also hacked the XL patches to make two smaller patches too!
Any old type separate feather edge patch and glue will do.
How many repairs is too many? Not so much the number of repairs but once they start to overlap is when I retire the tube.
It's not too many until you can have patches on your patches on your patches.
I have a tube around somewhere with 5/6 patches on the same spot. It's a weird lumpy shape now. It still hold air so I still use it though. When the valve breaks or I can't patches it anymore, thats when it has too many.